Live Play Data

Delighted Halfling

· Creature — Halfling Citizen · The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)

13%

Live Inclusion

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Times Brought

1647

Decks Running

823

Median Cast Turn

4.0

Drawn → Played

75%

Format

Multiplayer 1v1

13% of tracked Commander decks run Delighted Halfling, and when players draw it they cast it 75% of the time, with a median first-cast turn of 4.0.

Delighted Halfling sits in 13% of the 6443 Commander decks tracked on Playgroup Live, making it a clear staple for any green deck built around a legendary creature. Across 1452 multiplayer games, it has been brought to the table 1648 times and cast 326 times, with a draw-to-play rate of 75%.

The appeal is mechanical: the Halfling taps for colorless freely, but its real job is producing any color of mana specifically to land a legendary spell while making that spell uncounterable. That second mode converts it from a Llanowar Elves variant into a political and resilience tool, particularly in high-power metas where interaction is dense. Median first cast lands on turn 4.0, consistent with players playing it early and getting immediate mana value.

The dataset is well-spread: 601 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 3% of all instances. That breadth lends directional confidence to everything you see on this page, even while the sample size is still growing.

At a glance

13% of tracked Commander decks include Delighted Halfling
75% of drawn copies are cast before the game ends
T4.0 median first-cast turn
59% battlefield stickiness once cast
39% win rate in games where the Halfling resolved
601 distinct players have brought this card to a tracked game

First-cast turn

n=326

29%

12%

28%

T6-9

T10+

Median 4.0 P25 1 · P75 6 · max 14

On curve 29% (93 / 326 cast on T1) Cast same turn as drawn 75%

The "good card" funnel

1648 brought · 601 players

Brought to game

1648

Ever drawn

433

Reached battlefield

326

Still on board at game end

192

75%

Of 1648 Halflings brought to games, 433 were drawn, 326 of those were cast, and 59% of cast copies remained on the battlefield through end of game.

≥ +4.0pp

Players who cast this card win 39% of the time (n=288) , vs 29% when it never left the library (n=1016).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 43% (n=101) — about the same as leaving it in the library. Those players survived long enough to draw it, so the gap above is about the card resolving, not just about surviving.

Observed gap +9.7pp; 95% confidence interval +4.0pp to +15.4pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

Final zone distribution

475 instances

3.6%

Library

40.4%

Battlefield

32.6%

Graveyard

6.7%

Exile

Most Delighted Halflings end the game in the graveyard or on the battlefield after being cast, a notably different profile from singleton cards that typically stay buried in the library throughout a game.

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

1 The Ur-Dragon 34 decks
2 Jodah, the Unifier 27 decks
3 Witherbloom, the Balancer 17 decks
4 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness 16 decks
5 Aragorn, the Uniter 15 decks
6 Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER 15 decks
7 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit 15 decks
8 Henzie "Toolbox" Torre 15 decks
9 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy 14 decks
10 Baylen, the Haymaker 13 decks

The Ur-Dragon leads comfortably, but the spread across five-color legends, Gruul, and mono-green commanders shows that the Halfling's value transcends any single archetype.

Frequently Asked

How often is Delighted Halfling drawn in a Commander game?

Across 1452 tracked multiplayer games with this card in the deck, it was drawn 26% of the time. That is in line with what you expect from a singleton in a 100-card deck. Of 433 copies that reached a hand, 75% were cast before the game ended.

What turn does Delighted Halfling usually get cast?

Median first-cast turn is 4.0. The mode of the distribution is turn 1, meaning the most common single outcome is opening-hand ramp. From there, casts spread across turns 2 through 6, with a tail out to turn 13. The hand-to-cast data shows 75% of drawn copies are cast on the same turn they are drawn, suggesting players treat it as an immediate-play rather than a card to hold.

Does casting Delighted Halfling actually help you win?

In 288 participations where Delighted Halfling resolved, the normalized win rate was 39%, compared to 29% across 1016 participations where it never left the library. The +9.7 percentage-point lift is a directional positive signal. Both sample buckets are large enough to treat this as more than noise, though correlation with deck quality is always a factor with early ramp.

Is Delighted Halfling legal in Commander?

Yes. Delighted Halfling is legal and unrestricted in Commander, as well as in Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, and several other formats. It is not legal in Standard, Pioneer, or Pauper.

Which commanders run Delighted Halfling most often?

The top commanders by raw deck count are The Ur-Dragon and Jodah, the Unifier, both five-color legends that benefit heavily from the Halfling's any-color-for-legends ability and its counterspell protection. Witherbloom, the Balancer and Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit also appear near the top. The distribution spans a wide range of color identities, showing that any deck anchored by a legendary commander in green is a potential home.

How reliable is the Playgroup Live data for this card?

601 distinct players have contributed instances to this dataset, and the single heaviest contributor accounts for only 3% of all tracked instances. That spread is a strength of the data. The flip side is that 1452 multiplayer games is still a growing sample, so treat every rate here as a directional signal rather than a settled figure. We will update the stats automatically as more games are logged.